Grain Maintenance Technician

Location Company's SE Region

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Key Cooperative is a member-owned, rural Iowa cooperative serving agriculture producers. With locations in 13 communities and 6 counties. Key Cooperative provides Agronomy, Energy, Feed and Grain with a small-town, yet professional feel. Our employees take pride in our identity, and they're committed to the success of our owners by delivering innovation, leadership, and performance. If you're looking for a place where you can grow and be proud of what you do each day - you can find this kind of career at Key Cooperative.

We’re hiring a Grain Maintenance Technician to service any Key Cooperative locations in our SE Iowa Region (Sully, Newton, Grinnell, Barnes City, New Sharon, LeGrand). In this role, you will perform maintenance, installation, and repair of equipment, plant, and rolling stock.

We offer competitive compensation along with a full benefits package including development opportunities, health, vision, and dental insurance along with two retirement plans - 401(k) and pension. We also offer an amazing family work environment where we all share a passion for agriculture and our member-owners and customers.

What you will be doing:

• Visually inspects and tests machinery and equipment. Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discuss machine operation variations with operators or other maintenance workers to diagnose problems or repair machine.

• Dismantle defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.

• Clean and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.

• Install and repairs electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment.

• Lay out, assemble, install, and maintain related hydraulic and pneumatic equipment, and repairs and replaces gauges, valves, pressure regulators, and related equipment.

• Assist in building, tarping, and picking up grain piles.

• Assist in operating Key’s grain elevator facilities, grain dryers and perform the dumping and receiving of producer’s grain.

• Promote the business with existing and potential customers.

• Repair and maintain physical structure of establishment.

• Operate cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts. Fabricate and repair other wooden structures.

• Clean up grain spills; assist in keeping all inside and outside work areas extremely neat and orderly.

  This role is for you if you have:

• High School diploma or GED. Need to have a high level of proficiency in one of the following four trades with a minimum of three years of experience to support it: Welding, Experience as a journeyman electrician, Grain Millwrighting, and/or Grain Facility Maintenance.

• SDA grain weighing and grading license, Pest Control Applicators License, or willingness to obtain.

• A keen attention to detail, excellent problem-solving skills, and be comfortable using mechanical and electrical power tools.

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